St. George’s Lodge No. 15 Masonic Legacy Fund

Back Donor Advised Fund St. George’s Lodge No. 15 Masonic Legacy Fund Fund carries on 200-year legacy of community impact Philanthropy has defined St. George’s Masonic Lodge No. 15 for nearly 200 years. From early members such as William Hamilton Merritt and Bill Burgoyne, whose names are etched in...

Veres Family Fund

Back Local Community Fund Veres Family Fund From front row seat to forever friend Serving on the Niagara Community Foundation’s grants committee was an eye-opening experience for Louise Veres. She had returned to Niagara in 2016 after living and working in the Burlington and Oakville area for many ...

Heather Winterstein Foundation

Back Donor Advised Fund Heather Winterstein Foundation A legacy for change The Intentions Of The Heather Winterstein Foundation Provides financial support to Indigenous Healing & Prevention programs Advocates for Indigenous Health Equity in Canada. Offers scholarships to support increas...

Christine & Michael Watt Family Fund

Back Donor Designated Fund Christine & Michael Watt Family Fund Helping students reach their potential The idea of helping young people pursue post-secondary education has always been more than a passing thought for Mike and Christine Watt. When their own daughter was in high school, they saw f...

Community Land Trust Of Niagara

Back Special Project Grant Community Land Trust Of Niagara Building legacy — and homes — in Niagara The Niagara Community Foundation and the Community Land Trust of Niagara (CLTN) share a similar vision: build something lasting that will serve Niagara for generations. For NCF, that means growing ch...

Swim, Drink, Fish

Back Environmental Grant Swim, Drink, Fish Go to the beach! Join The Niagara Beach Monitoring Project Jones Beach — St. Catharines Sunset Beach — St. Catharines Lorraine Bay — Port Colborne Reebs Bay — Port Colborne As water temperatures rise and masses of algae bloom each summer in...

Femmes Du Feu

Back Community + Summer Camp Grant Femmes Du Feu Circus program lifts youth and community in Welland Circus arts check all the rings for Holly Benedetti. For the aerial artist and founder of the Welland-based non-profit Femmes du Feu Creations, circus has pushed her body and creativity, and built c...

Sho’aríshon Park — Town Of Lincoln

Back David S. Howes Fund Grant Sho’aríshon Park — Town Of Lincoln Stroll through thousands of years in time A new park in Jordan Hollow in Lincoln is an invitation to travel hundreds of thousands of years, exploring Niagara geology, First Nations, and settler history, in a single afternoon. Sho’arí...

Avanti Singers

Back Mini Grant Avanti Singers Music as a path to curiosity and empathy Sing thanks to those who’ve come before to teach us harmony. A world of peace where differences can shape our unity. True friendship grows a Circle strong, for generations yet to come! “Iesous ahatonnia,” Music arranged by Sa...

Niagara Falls Public Library — Chippawa

Back David S. Howes Fund Grant Niagara Falls Public Library — Chippawa A new way to ‘check out’ what’s on the shelves at the Chippawa Branch Small-town libraries can’t rival their big-city counterparts for the size of their collections, the variety of their programming, or their hours of access. Bu...

Starlight Children’s Foundation

Back Community + Mini Grant Starlight Children’s Foundation Turning wait times into play time for young patients Ninety-eight percent of hospital partners say Starlight Gaming Systems positively impact patients’ mental health and make interactions with staff easier. In some cases, patients even req...

Brock University

Back David S. Howes Fund Grant Brock University Training tomorrow’s nurses, today In a simulated hospital room at Brock University, a nursing student wraps a blood pressure cuff around a patient’s arm and listens carefully through a stethoscope pressed into the bend of their elbow. The patient isn’...